using C = System.Console;
...
static void Main() {
DateTime dateTime = DateTime.Now;
C.WriteLine ("d = {0:d}", dateTime ); // mm/dd/yyyy
C.WriteLine ("D = {0:D}", dateTime ); // month dd, yyyy
C.WriteLine ("f = {0:f}", dateTime ); // day, month dd, yyyy hh:mm
C.WriteLine ("F = {0:F}", dateTime ); // day, month dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss AM/PM
C.WriteLine ("g = {0:g}", dateTime ); // mm/dd/yyyy HH:mm
C.WriteLine ("G = {0:G}", dateTime ); // mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss
C.WriteLine ("M = {0:M}", dateTime ); // month dd
C.WriteLine ("R = {0:R}", dateTime ); // ddd Month yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT
C.WriteLine ("s = {0:s}", dateTime ); // yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss (Sortable)
C.WriteLine ("t = {0:t}", dateTime ); // hh:mm AM/PM
C.WriteLine ("T = {0:T}", dateTime ); // hh:mm:ss AM/PM
// yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss (Sortable)
C.WriteLine ("u = {0:u}", dateTime );
// day, month dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss AM/PM
C.WriteLine ("U = {0:U}", dateTime );
// month, yyyy (March, 2006)
C.WriteLine ("Y = {0:Y}", dateTime );
C.WriteLine ("Month = " + dateTime.Month); // month number (3)
// day of week name (Friday)
C.WriteLine ("Day Of Week = " + dateTime.DayOfWeek);
// 24 hour time (16:12:11)
C.WriteLine ("Time Of Day = " + dateTime.TimeOfDay);
// (632769991310000000)
C.WriteLine("DateTime.Ticks = " + dateTime.Ticks);
// Ticks are the number of 100 nanosecond intervals since 01/01/0001 12:00am
// Ticks are useful in elapsed time measurement.
}